Re: The failure of the unified field theory means general relativity fails.

Tom Roberts <tjoberts137@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

On 6/22/24 9:54 PM, LaurenceClarkCrossen wrote:

Paul Anderson, thanks for the pdf. Your formula employs the
electromagnetic assumption that gravity moves at the speed of light.

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You got this backwards. In GR, changes in gravity propagate at the local
symmetry speed, given by SPECIAL Relativity. It "just so happens" [#]
that electromagnetic waves travel at this same speed in vacuum. It is
merely an historical anomaly that it is called "the speed of light", due
to the round-about way Einstein first described relativity in 1905 --
the spacetime symmetry is MUCH more fundamental and important.
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   [#] This is neither happenstance nor accident....
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BTW modern derivations of SR don't use electromagnetism at all.
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Your formula (1) has c^2 and it is clearly not 1^2, and is in m/s,
contrary to Lodder.

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Nope. YOU have imposed specific units onto the formula/equation. The
equation itself does not impose any particular units on its variables
and constants [@], it merely requires that they be self-consistent.
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   [@] There are many systems of units in common use. You
   seem to think there is only one.

 A forteriori, any result that depends on any particular choice
of units (or dimensions) is unphysical.